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Darius Rucker with campers
March 28, 2011

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center campers join Darius Rucker at ACM Awards

A special performance at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards April 3 at 8 p.m. on CBS featuring country music star Darius Rucker and participants in the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp will benefit the Kennedy Center.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 15, 2011

Country singer John Rich kicks off Dance Marathon at Vanderbilt University

By VUMC News and Communications
February 3, 2011

Vanderbilt University students dance all night for a good cause

By VUMC News and Communications
February 25, 2010

Two Vanderbilt scientists win Sloan research fellowships

Physicist Andreas Berlind and human geneticist Marylyn Ritchie at Vanderbilt University have each won two-year, $50,000 research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation aimed at encouraging promising young scholars.

By Bill Snyder
November 25, 2009

Vanderbilt students host “Miracle on 24th Ave.” fashion show benefiting Children’s Hospital

Two Vanderbilt University student organizations have teamed up to host “Miracle on 24th Ave.,” a holiday-themed fashion show benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Tuesday, Dec. 8.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 20, 2008

Country group Rascal Flatts honored for Children’s Hospital work

Country music supergroup Rascal Flatts has been honored for their unflagging support of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The multiplatinum-selling band was presented with the Humanitarian Award by the Academy of Country Music and Home Depot during Sunday Night\’s 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 6, 2008

Vanderbilt-Peruvian partnership addresses silent epidemic of diabetes; Center for the Americas collaboration provides multi-specialty approach

Mobile cameras, high-resolution digital imaging and funding from the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt University are among the key components of a cross-cultural pilot program to prevent vision loss in at-risk Latin Americans.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 18, 2007

Vanderbilt awarded $4.4 million by the Michael J. Fox Foundation

A drug discovery team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by Jeffrey Conn., Ph.D., has been awarded a $4.4 million "LEAPS" grant by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to jump-start development of a new class of Parkinson's disease drugs.
December 18, 2007

Vanderbilt awarded $4.4 million by the Michael J. Fox Foundation; Goal is to develop new class of Parkinson’s disease drugs

A drug discovery team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by Jeffrey Conn has been awarded a $4.4 million "LEAPS" grant by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to jump-start development of a new class of Parkinson's diseasedrugs.
By Bill Snyder
February 23, 2007

Vanderbilt-Ingram clinic space expanding to meet needs of patients

When the dust settles on a new renovation project involving Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center‘s Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic, waiting room space and exam rooms will nearly double to help meet the needs of an ever increasing number of cancer patients in Middle Tennessee and beyond.
January 10, 2007

VUSN‘s Susan Cooper Named Tennessee‘s Commissioner of Health

Susan Cooper, M.S.N., assistant dean for Practice at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, has been named the new Commissioner of Health for the state of Tennessee by Gov. Phil Bredesen.
September 18, 2006

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation Funds $2.48 million Vanderbilt Research Project to Prevent Premature Births

A $2.48 million, four-year grant is the largest ever made by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) Health Foundation, making a significant collaborative project possible that may save babies' lives and save millions of dollars in health care money for Tennesseans.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 9, 2005

Niswender named Culpeper Scholar

Vanderbilt University's Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of three 2006 Charles E. Culpeper Medical scholars, according to Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships.
By VUMC News and Communications
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